ALS Canada Research Program, Brain Canada Award Grants to 9 Projects

The ALS Canada Research Program and the Brain Canada Foundation partnered to award CA$1.125 million (about $885,600) in grants to advance the understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The nine multidisciplinary research grants, awarded late last year to teams across Canada, seek to promote global…

Tau protein levels are unusually high in the motor cortex of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients with a mutation in the C9orf72 gene, a study reported. The motor cortex, a part of the cerebral cortex responsible for the planning, control, and implementation of voluntary movement, is the brain region most…

Since February is known as the month of love, I’d like to shower some love on all the ALS caregivers around the world. Add a special shoutout to family caregivers — the spouses, partners, family members, friends, and even neighbors who care for someone with ALS. It’s a challenging responsibility…

Although not thought common, laryngospasm — the sudden contraction of the vocal cords that makes speaking and breathing temporarily difficult — does affect some with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a study reported. Excess saliva irritating the vocal cords was the most notable trigger for laryngospasm in their work, the researchers…

Mutations in the FUS gene, which cause some forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), result in a circular RNA molecule called circ-Hdgfrp3 being pulled into toxic protein clumps that form in nerve cells, according to a study. This is the first time that a circular RNA has been shown…

The Cullen Education and Research Fund (CERF), a private philanthropy based in London, has awarded more than $800,000 to support two U.S. research projects that are working to improve life for people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The CERF Medical Engineering Prize, worth €500,000 (about $570,000), was awarded to…

I’ve been worried about leaving my husband, Todd, who has ALS, alone after his close call with his breathing last week, but he said he would be fine while I ran to town. I needed to pick the kids up from school and take our daughter to a dentist…

NP001 slowed functional and lung declines in a subset of middle-aged patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) who had high levels of inflammation, according to an analysis of previous data from Phase 2a and 2b clinical trials. While earlier results failed to show overall…

Since 2008, Rare Disease Day — the last day of February — has brought together patients, caregivers, family members, friends, and advocates from around the world to raise awareness and improve equity for the more than 7,000 known rare diseases that affect more than 300 million people. In 2022, the…

An experimental antisense oligonucleotide that works to suppress the mutant C9orf72 gene — a cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) — safely lowered the production of damaging proteins and other molecules in a patient in a pilot trial. “While other teams have documented that this gene can be suppressed in cells…